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328 omowareru
(If you do such a thing, people will regard you as a fool.)
(= Active version of (3))

cf. 9$HAiLH*02k~T,E,%aH?2k,B,~Tb>&o
(Foreigners consider Japan to be an enigmatic country.)
(= Active version of (4))
(e rarerul (DBJG: 364-69))

2. The difference between (5a) which is identical with KS(A) and (5b)
cannot be captured by the translation, because both sentences come out
the same in the translation.

Since y6da is a conjecture based on the speaker's reasoning process, if
it is used with omowareru, a marker of autogenesis, the combination
sounds more indirect and even humble.

3. The experiencer of the spontaneous feeling of - omowareru is usually
the speaker 1 writer, but can be a third person, if the tense is past.
L Zt fiL41i
(6) ~~i~i;f.~~$O~~75'&~iL,E,bkL?:~'
(To Yamada the company work seemed monotonous.)
3, k :
(7) fi~~~~~~;f.%i&i~~r:D~d:ii:,~,;t?k~~:,
(For Kayoko marriage still seemed like a dream.)
Suppose (6) and (7) were sentences in a novel in which the reader can
empathize with Yamada or Kayoko: then, the nonpast tense is accept-
able.